P136 BEEBFAX 122 Thu 31 Dec --:--/--                                               * 25 July - Salyut 7: cosmonaut  Svetlana Savitskaya becomes the first  woman to perform a space walk.  * 26 July - Trade Union Act prohibits  unions from striking without a ballot.  * 27 July - British actor James Mason  dies in Switzerland aged 75.  * 28 July Great Britain and Northern  Ireland compete at the Olympics in Los  Angeles, California, and win 5 gold,  11 silver and 21 bronze medals.     100-Contents 101-Headlines   Next       Prev       Home        End